(-.. i. -.ft 1 I UNION AND AMERICAN. BY F. C. DUKfflNGTOJr & CO. OFFICE: CORNER CIIURCII AND CHERRY iSTS OPPOSITE THE TOST OFFICE. r i Xcrras : Dally, SUj Weekly, 83. TUBSDAT. JAXUAKT 9,jl&6&. ITEMS or GKXTRAX. STEWS. Surgeon John J. Craven, late the statical ad j vlier of Jefferson Davis at Fortress Monroe, has , b:c relieved from daty, and Sargeon George E. Cosjcr km been directed to perfom that daty. The parol of Gor. Vance, of North Carolina, has been extended bo at to give him the privilege of Ttiitlng any part of lib own State be mar de- tire. Horace Greeley is In Washington. He Ii re ported to have hail an Interview with the Presi dent on matten connected, it it understood, with . IhPNewYorkcollectorsbip. , Secretaries Stanton and Holt have both declined .i zA' i delivering the Lincoln oration, for reasons not . ret assigned. It is thoueht that Speaker Colfax, whoha a fondness for public occasions, will ac cept the honor. The detail for the court for the trial ofC...

Union and Imerican. ..TCISSBAY, Jf AXCARY ., ISM. 8TOXXWAXI, JACKSON. la this connection I will send you a real poetic tcra: a jewel of the first -water. It is the heartfelt tribute or the soldiers who served under him, to . i . . r .1 1 "!.... mmI ' ino 03& pTOBUBCBl. 10aR9 OI weir character. To eay that bis men lovod and wor thippedhlm would bo to faintly express the eol iagi which they entertateed toward mm. Thero was bo one of them that would not havo died lor him. .Ha lad them oa forced marches ever nor riWe4aafld through tasslcd foreeU. acd for distance that no nedern tray has crer oinMed; and the result was, surprise andviewrr. Waen the history of the late war is written General Jackson Will take his place among the greateet general of modern timet. These Terses were ... 1.,1 Mnad. is the breut of a. dead oliierof the old Stonewall Brirade, after one of J ociao nt baiues in me pukuuu iuicj. 1 1 tTosrrwiLt jacksos's tat. ' Ccme men, stack arms I Pile on the raili Stir op t...

) UNION AND AMERICAN. BY P. C. DU2OOTGT0N & CO. OFFICE: CORNER CHURCH AND CHERRY STS.. OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE. Terms :DaiIr, 8U 'Wccbly, 83. WEDNESDAY, JASTJARY 10, 1860. ITEMS or OEXERAI. S'EWH. The Committee of fifteen on Reconstruction, have held their Snt moeting at the Capitol and selected Senator Fessonden sit chairaan'and appointed a clerk. Several members of the committee being absent, it wa determined to tako no definite action until a fuller attendance was had. It wai found that nearly all the credentials of the Southern Congressmen elect were before them. Those of the Tennessee delegation wers presented in full, and found to be entirely formal. A large number of resolutions wero placed on the journal of the committee, which hare been referred from time to time by both Houses. Notice was given of a proposition to send a sub committee to Investigate into the Southern States, to report fully on the civil, military and political situation. It was intimated by ono member...

mmmmgmmlllim s mLmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ' TftXBXBKBAY, JANUARY IB, 18H. . . i i 1 1 . ' The Sewors or EendeH. FramiheXcwYcrk World.? In all cities the Mwcragc Boston receives the attention of the most scientific minds, and is maintained by a constant expenditure of vast eUnw of money. Probably London contains a greater length of sewers than any other city in the world. Their exact length is, of course, unknown, because the first bcw crs were constructed, it is believed, by the Romans. Commcndnir eo far back, and added to by J many uifierent generations, holding different opinions as,to the best material, the best modex)f construction, the most favorable ehape, and advanjageons inclination, tli3 wcra of London rju fiirnjsh strnpdelfor almost any theory ihat. may. be . Etarted. Whoever .examine the multitude of Bcwertf of different constructions, and the vast ex perience wliiclt has been gained of tliework-i jngs of different Kinds of Hewers, must think there can remain nothing t...

t -- JV --iff 0- mr m ameriuh. IY F. 0. HiUWMTXQTOlS & COl OFFICE: CORKER CHURCH AND CHERRY sra, opposite mi rcr offluE. Terms :-BalIy, 814; "Weklx. 8. TgPaeB.1T, JA3TUAXT XI, iwe. riXXS OF GEXXRAX SEWS. Bcreft, tfcc hUiarij, it to deliver the eulo gy us Presidest Liecote, 8 stOBhavingdeclincd. Secretary Stanton's friends hope that he Trill accept the Bbioa to England, as a certain way of relievig himself from the vexatious suits which it Is understood are to be brought against him, o commencement harlne heen made in New York. It is reported, and with an air of authority. too, thatMr.Beward will not make Vera Crur the terminal of his Journey, bnt twill .'proceed from that point to the City of Mexico. The persons who (are currency to this "report, of course, be lie vol that the Administration had determined on the it-cognition of Maximilian; for, they added, that, Mr. Seward would negotiate with the Empe ror for the construction of the Southern Pacific Railroad through, the North...

Sim iltisfi .ill ipflT''1 i, L Union add American. THTKSBAT, JfAXTTARY 11, 1S6, X6 lover of true poetry can fail to be cli&rmcd mtH the simplicity of the follo-- The Bride. BY Silt JOHX SCCKUXO. Her finicwii jo. small, the i rine , . Would not stay on, which they did brine: It as. too wide, a peck; And to jay truth (for out it must) It looked kethocmtcoUarCloft) About ouryouns colt neck. H'w.fectbenaath her petticoat. 4 ''- Like little mice, stole In nnd out, A if they feared the llcbtT , . Bot oh I she dances such s way! No sun upon an Earterday ' - Is half to fine a ticht. Hercbocks so rare a white was on, -No daisr bears comparison I ) (Who sees them Si undone,) For streaks of rod are mingled there, Such as arc on n Katherins pear. The tide that's next the sun. Her lips were red, and one was thin Compared to that was next her chin. Some bee had stung it newjy ; FntlWck) hcr.cyes 10 jntard her face, durst no more upon them raze. Than upon the sun in July. , A Rebel Gexekal Tck...

III6I AND AMERICAN. 1Y r. 0. DTWraGTOX & CO. OFFICE : CORNER CHURCH AND CHERRY 8T&, OPPOSErjTHE POei OFFiuE. Tens : BaHy, '811 Weekly, FXIB.YY, JANUARY 12, 1S66. ITEXS OF GEXXXAL. NXVVS. The ECeaittee on Reconstruction, called upon thi President on Saturday last, in accor dance with. lastrBCtlOBS of the inain Committee. The PrssLdeEt talked frcly in regard to tie whole qnatloa, sad told them what use of them knew before, thai he iru it) faTor of aa early admission of the RefiTeieEtstivM of thoto States. He indi cated very clearly that lie was opposed to tecdifig a roving Committee throughout tbe Sonth to ob tain Isfrmtioa respiting affairs, for the reason that they would take Hionths to accomplish the mission. Tho Committee gave co indication of the views of tie Joint Committee, for they did not know then what they were. Mr. Sheliabargsr, from the Columbus, Ohio, District, delivered an elaborate speech from the Radical fltand-po'mt, in which be assumed that the States wero w...

r -i American. FRIDAT, , JAXTAKT 12, 1S6. Our East Tenneflgee Correspondence . Tkc New Tcp-Ki T tVfo Future Excltingr Content Orer the County Scat ef fialllTaB-HloBBfeiTnio Car rles the nay-Hew, it Was Done Ah Appeal from tbo-"Bat-box to tbc Governor The r-rosprrity of Brist! Her Ilstalaaad JfewwMWew- Ah W Paper e be Bcwaaed-Kealtfej-5 Ce- mtloB or use CHHrcttesv-aMe to CHmfecrlaBd:0p-The rjreriosci Extension to ClHClHBatl-ACcWCHt OB (he (Tuts Bxmoiz Jan. 3,-1 8GGf "Slrtr.Cre. with all itsnleaswes. All its brightness d all iti gloom. All its hopes andAteappolntmenti, A nd tvvt-ti H wui and tears. lias within the glf BBftt bossed. Been entombed with other rears, What a Had retrospect the- mutations of the past twelve months present! Of them I any nothine. as retrospections, of to-day, tend more or less to Teammate the 3ying;aaimos-! itics of other days; and he who would wit tingly stir up those prejudices to the disin tegration of the organism of society, aggra T.ite the healing woun...

RATU1WAV, 3XSVAXX , I4M. , CKAKACXKR F, XWAXr, JACK. rFrom "THE Loar Catsf" & new Soeai era in the press of 15. B. Trait & Co., TaMisb ers, 130 Grasd Street Kew York. Jsir.'Pol lord la a bel4 sad- facile writer, bet be haa none of tiVqHalitiea of hkionan. "We think St imfertuBatc it .Ac South' that he ka Bsderteken a work that csn'tmly be pro perly dkchaie4 bj" tMjjrejadked Bjiad. The iotWlBg extract from hk forthceealBg book -will be rsed with interest. Era. TJir. Ax. . ' M There was, probably, bo store ambitiaai man in the Seathera Confederacy tha& "Stonewall" Jaokton. The Talgar saisd thinks that it easily discovers those vrho are the ambitious men in a community. It readily deatgaates as such those who aspire to offices and public positions, trho seek sen aatiofw,cogt BOteriety .wBew4-jaftm, and hold up their lusads for the applause of the multitude. Bat ambition, in its true and noble sense, is Tory different from these lOoarsebids for national favor. There is a cla...